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Nut free and vegan waffles

NUT FREE AND VEGAN WAFFLES WITH SWEET POTATO

Crunchy waffles, made with potato and totally nut free.
Category Dessert, Snack
Keyword Nut free
Prep time 25 minutes
Cook time 15 minutes
Total time 55 minutes
Servings 4 big round waffles

INGREDIENTS

WAFFLES

  • 1 cup rice milk - (1 cup = 250 gr)
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinager
  • ¼ cup maple syrup or more if you like it sweet
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil, melted
  • ½ cup oat flakes - (gluten free) - if you don't have time to grind your oat into flour, go for oat flour or replace it with brown rice flour.
  • 1 cup brown rice flour
  • ¼ cup tapioca starch flour
  • 1 tbsp ground flaxseeds
  • 1 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder, aluminium free
  • ½ cup mashed sweet potato - (approx. 1/2 big sweet potato)

SWEET CASHEW CREAM

  • 1 cup cashews - (soaked at least 6 hours or overnight)
  • 3 tbsp date syrup or another sweetener of your choice
  • ½ tsp vanilla powder
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 1 pinch salt
  • Few roasted pecan nuts for topping

INSTRUCTIONS

WAFFLES

  • Peel and steam the sweet potato. When ready mash it into a puree.
  • In the meantime, mix the wet ingredients in a medium bowl : rice milk with the apple vinegar, maple syrup and coconut oil and let it sit while preparing the dry ingredients.
  • Grind the oat flakes into flour using preferably a high speed blender (or use oat flour or rice flour). Pour into a large mixing bowl.
  • Add to this large mixing bowl the remaining dry ingredients and mix well with wooden a spoon.
  • Mash the sweet potato. Add all the wet ingredients including the mashed sweet potato to the dry ingredients and mix it well with a spoon or a whisker until it looks smooth. Let it sit at least for 15 minutes.
  • If the batter is too thick then add 1-2 Tbsp of rice milk and mix again.
  • Preheat the waffle maker and grease it with coconut oil.
  • Bake the waffles until golden brown.

SWEET CASHEW CREAM

  • Place the soaked and drained cashew nuts in a high speed blender and add all the other ingredients (except the roasted pecan nuts). Blend it for 1 to 2 minutes until you have a smooth cream. Sometimes you have to stop the mixer, scratch down the sides and continue. If the cream is too thick you can add a little bit of water (start with 1 tbsp at a time).
  • Garnish your delicious waffles with it and top with some roasted pecan nuts !